Sunday, December 2, 2012

Has anyone heard of taking chromium or an herb for gestational diabetes?

Q. I hear all these remedies for type 2 diabetes but none for gestational diabetes. I tried asking this question in the pregnancy section but no one answered. Any information would be helpful and appreciated. I'm seeing a dr and dietician and doing all i can to keep blood sugar down but it's not working as well as i'd like.

A. 'Judge Judy' Thats the most nonsense I have ever heard, even SkepDoc has his limit of talking nonsense. Chromium is in fact an essential mineral, which is exactly that 'essential', and can only be obtained from diet.

It is absolutely paramount that you control your blood sugar levels, by following the reccommendations below, but before you read those, you need to have an understanding of why they are reccommended.

If there is too much sugar circulating in the bloodstream that is not immediately being utilised as energy by cells, it will not only acidify the bloodstream, microorganisms will have a picnic and proliferate. This is the reason why diabetics are prone to so many infections {like Candidiasis}, sometimes to th point whereby their limbs must be amputated due to fermentation and decay of flesh, by harmful microorgansisms.

The brain is the only part of the body that cannot adapt well to- or compensate for - erratic changes in blood glucose{a type of sugar} levels. This is the reason why symptoms of blood sugar disorders are as varied as the many functions of the brain, which is invovlved in every sensory, motor, perceptual, cognitive and emotional function in the system. If he brain is not 'fed' properly , it is easy for it to become emotionally, physiologically, biologically and physically unstable, leading to mental illness like 'the common cold' of psychiatry, or clinical depression to be exact.

Diabetics usually have nutritional dificiencies, most notably 'Vitamin B-3 and the minerals Chromium and Vanadium' {Source 1}. Whether or not these nutritional dificiencies contributed to causing diabetes or is a result of diabetes, this is the common medical dillema of the cause and effect debate. Anyhow, leave that to the debaters, in either case, what needs to be done is to supplement a good high-strength multivitamin and multi-mineral {preferably in a amin acid chelated form, as it is more bioavailable {in english...easier for the body to absorb and use}}, 'Mineral' is a good brand, which can be purchased cheap on ebay or organicpharmacy.org, and 'Higher Nautre - Advanced Nutrition Complex' brand for the multi-vitamin.

Optimal Diet for Diabetics

High in Animal Protein - which will nourish them without straining the pancreas.

Herbs like Neem, Stevia, Licorice, have been shown to balance blood-sugar levels.

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Suggestions

The following reccommendations will help:

- Replace table sugar with Xylitol, this has a Gylceamic Index value of 8, whereas Sugar has a GI of 64!

- Cinnamon - this spice has been shown to reduce blood-sugar levels, consume a spoonful with meals.

- Bitter Melon, this is officially used in the Phillipines Health Care System, and is prescribed by doctors there, to regulate blood-sugar levels. You can make a delicious indian dish from this, by boiling and stuffing with mince meat.

- Eat lots of Oats - they contain beta-glucan which is a powerful anti-diabetic nutrient

- Chromium - this works with insulin to help it bind to hormone receptor sites on the plasma membranes of cells. Chromium also helps prevent the shape of insulin being deformed, and chromium also is in the make-up of the insulin receptors on cell membranes. 400-600mcg of Chromium per day


Hope this helps.


What are foods to try and avoid to prevent diabetes?
Q. Type 2 diabetes runs in my family, both my grandma and my dad have it. My diet isn't the best in the first place, but I want to do my best to try and avoid getting diabetes in the future.

A. Diabetes is a complicated disease and you are smart to want to educate yourself about first.

There are lots of ways to help slow down and sometimes reverse type 2 diabetes.

Exercise, understanding how foods affect you, medication and natural supplements are all a great place to start.

The key is to understand what causes the body to react and make high blood sugar levels so you can do some life style changes to keep it from happening to you.

Here is a website that has a lot of information on it to help you understand the causes and symptoms so you can prevent it from affecting you.

Good luck to you.


Need an idea of how to start my university essay?
Q. I have an essay to complete, quite major for one of my uni papers but I'm at a loss where to start, when it comes to the introduction.

I have to discuss the role of managing exercise in Type 2 diabetes.

I have source information, but I'm still at a loss.

Can someone just give me a kick start with a possible suggestion of what might be the first thing to discuss in my essay?

A. describe some really drastic differences between a normal life and the life of a type 2 diabetic.here are some ideas for the body:
who discovered the link between diabetes and exercise
what happens if you have it and you don't exercise
what types of exercise are good/bad for type 2 diabetics
how often you should exercise
if diabetes makes it easier or harder to get enough exercise


Do you need to take insulin shots if you are Type 1 or Type 2 diabetic?
Q. I know a few people that are diabetics but I never understood the types and if a person is type 1 or type 2, then do they have to take the insulin. My mom had diabetes and at first, she was on pills, then went to insulin. Does that mean her diabetes got worse?

I couldn't find a good website to explain this information. Thanks in advance.

A. Someone with T1 diabetes HAS to take insulin. This is because their body is not making any of their own. Someone with T1 cannot live very long (a few weeks) without injections.

T2 is when your body makes insulin, but it isn't very effective. Usually a T2 will start with pills, and may progress to injections if the pills don't help.

Your mom must have had T2.





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